Commissioned by the Westchester Jazz Orchestra and recorded on their CD "ALL IN" this is a deconstruction/reconstruction of a piece that has been the bane of every big band musician's existence for nearly 80 years. All thematic material is derived from the original chart and I have attempted to inject the blues feeling that is almost totally absent

Commissioned by the Westchester Jazz Orchestra and recorded on their CD "ALL IN" this is a deconstruction/reconstruction of a piece that has been the bane of every big band musician's existence for nearly 80 years. All thematic material is derived from the original chart and I have attempted to inject the blues feeling that is almost totally absent from the original version. Inst. 4 tpt. 3 trb. bs trb. 2 altos 2 tenors bari. pno. bs. dr.